On June 28th, the President of Lebanese University Fayed Ayuband and the head of the Chinese Research Project Ahmed Marley visited SISU. Jiang Feng, Secretary of the Party Committee of SISU, and Li Yansong, President of SISU, met with the guests respectively to discuss the cooperation between China and Lebanon, also the cultural exchanges between China and Arab countries.
Secretary Jiang Feng Met with the Delegation of Lebanon
Secretary Jiang Feng congratulated the Lebanese University on advancing the Chinese research project. He pointed out that Lebanon has a long history of civilization and history, it is also an important partner of China along the “Belt and Road”. The cooperation for the Chinese Research Project should not only serve the development of both two universities, but also the countries in the surrounding areas. It is a humanities education exchange project under the framework of the “Belt and Road” Initiative. President Fayed said that the Chinese Research Project is very important to both China and Lebanon. Secretary Jiang Feng’s visit to Lebanon in 2018 is a biggest boost to this research program.
President Li Yansong met with the delegation of Lebanon
President Li Yansong introduced the history of SISU, with its 70th anniversary, the Arabic subject, the Middle East Study Center and CARC. The two sides exchanged ideas on the promotion of the China Studies Master Program and the exchange of international students. Li Yansong said that the opening of the Master program of Chinese Studies at Lebanese University is an important measure to promote the exchange of education between China and Arab countries. The cooperation between SISU and Lebanese University will be gradually deepened. President Fayed said that there are many excellent students from all walks of life in Lebanon and other Arab countries. There is a high quality of students. Lebanon appreciated a lot the “Belt and Road ” Initiative, which provides good conditions for the development of Chinese Research Program.
Professor Zhu Weili held friendly talks with the delegation of Lebanon
Before the meeting, Professor Zhu Weilie, director of the Expert Committee of CARC, held friendly talks with the Lebanese delegation. The two sides exchanged in-depth views on the specific issues of cooperation in the China Research Master Program.
The delegation also exchanged views with international students from the Arab countries, the Master students majored in Arabic, the teacher and student representative of the Senior Translation Institute on the exchanges of Chinese students studying at Lebanese universities and the study and life of Arab students in China.
Lebanese delegation exchanged with Arab students
Also attending the above activities were Wang Youyong, Director of the Research Department; Wang Guangda, Executive Director of CARC; Wang Zheng, Deputy Director of the Office of Foreign Cooperation and Exchange; Lu Yiwei, Associate Dean of the Oriental Language Institute; Zhou Fang, Deputy Director of the Arabic Department; Zhang Xiuli, teacher of the Senior Translation Institute.
The Lebanese University is the only national university in Lebanon which was founded in 1951. In 2013, SISU signed an inter-school cooperation framework agreement with the Lebanese University. In October 2018, the exchange team of the Central Department, headed by Secretary Jiang Feng, visited Lebanon and renewed the inter-school cooperation agreement between the two universities.